Sea shell box.

Hi there on this Wednesday Morning. Today I thought I'd share this box I decorated, useing an inexpensive wooden box I picked up.
I took of the the hinges first then painted a base coat of gesso and dried. I painted on two costs of pale blue acrylic paint and dried. Next i dry brushed white acrylic paint through and stamped some shells with a blue ink pad.
I adhered a piece of frayed Hessian onto the top of the box with a glue gun, a long with the shells, pearls and flower soft between the shells, which I thought was quite sand looking.
I then took some gold guilding wax and highlighted the shells and box with it.
To finish I painted the whole box with a Matte mod podge to seal it.
It's a lovely way to use up those shells you pick up at the beach every summer.
Thanks for calling in and please join me for more craftyness next time.
Love
Sharon
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Rocker card.

Hi there on this Sunday Morning, another warm day forecast today...This is a quick post today to showcase lynda Chapman's nested dies made into a rocker card using the main backer die, sentiment die + backer and Dragonfly and body die + backer, all from collection 5. I love the green and blue colour scheme it really shows the dies in they basic foam. You could even use these cards for place settings at weddings, just change the sentiment to the persons name or maybe use the butterflies instead of the Dragonflies which are in a previous set.
Your imagination is endless with these amazing die collections.
Thanks for calling in and don't forget to stop by for more craftyness next time.
Love
Sharon
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mixed media heart. Beachy

Hi there. Hope you are well and looking for the weekend ahead. I have another mixed media project to share with you today. It's similar to my inspire project heart but I didn't bother to apply any modelling paste to it.
I decided on a beachy theme for this project so first of all i applied a few coats of acrylic pale blue paint and stamped some texture stamps in distress broken china and white acrylic paint. I stamped and embossed on to the project with a viva decor stamp from a seaside collection to add texture to the overall design. I found elements from my crafty stash to compliment the theme, the glass pebbles were a good found. I think they set the under water beach vibe to this project I was trying to represent. I finished by adding pearls and guilding wax to highlight elements on the project. It wasn't very difficult. I kept it very simple and uncluttered and I'm very happy with the way it turned out.
It just shows you when you go out of your comfort zone that you can produce some  different projects.
Thanks for calling in and please join me for more craftyness next time.
Love
Sharon
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Home grown with love.

Hi there on this Friday Morning. I wanted to share this home decor project I made at my craft class the other week. We all thought it was a Lovely idea and jane our teacher suggested it would be nice at Christmas with pointsettia's in traditional Christmas colours.
I started by painting the pot with gesso to prime it, while i left to dry i stamped the flowers from pale pink and fushia cardstock then cut out and painted them with a wink of Stella. While i was waiting i die-cut the leaves from green cardstock too, leaving to one side i painted the pot with blue and green acrylic paint. While drying I adhered the florist wire to the prepared flowers and leaves with a glue gun.
I returned to the pot and put some washi tape through the middle, adhered my sentiment and all the other stamped elements to the pot.
I stuck some florist foam in the pot and stabbed the flowers into it and covered it with shredded green tissue paper. To finish the project I covered the centre of the flowers with craftwork candy.
Thanks for calling in please leave a comment if you wish and happy crafting!!!
Love
Sharon

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Mixed media heart.- inspire.

Hi there, hope your having a lovely day. I wanted to make something different so i decided to have a go at a mixed media project using an mdf heart. I wasn't sure why to start, so firstly I applied some modelling paste though a stencil and left to dry when dry I applied a coat of gesso to give it a base coat to paint on.  I applied 2 coats of neat acrylic paint in pale blue ( crafters choice ) all over the entire project, leaving to dry ( for quickness i used a heat gun ) then i watered down 2 colours ( blue mist and pale mauve) i started from the top and dadded my paint brush with each colour in turn along the edge then let the paint roll down to the bottom of the heart. ( like dripping blood ) then dry again.
Next I used different textured stamps ( crafters companion ) and stamped them all over my project ( sometimes going over the edges ) with white and black ink. To finished the heart I used guilding wax to highlight the modellng paste element and around the edges. The heart finished I set about founding different embellishments to match the heart and painting those that weren't the right colour. I arranged everything on my heart then adhered, adding more elements like the gems and sequins. I really had fun making this project l Hope you like it too
 Thanks for calling in and Happy crafting to you all
Love
Sharon
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It's your Birthday.

Hi there on this Wednesday Morning. I hope you are well and enjoying your day. Here is the card i mentioned in my last post. This showcases all the dies from one nesting set. I really liked designing this card and the coffee and cream cardstock go so well together. I have been working on a mixed media project to share for next time. Please call in again and happy crafting!!
Love
Sharon
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Live, laugh, love

Hi there on this Monday morning. I hope you had a fabulous weekend and enjoying this lovely weather. I thought I'd share this easel card I made yesterday featuring the paper boutique nested dies from Lynda Chapman. These cutting dies are from collection 5. I have mixed it up a little and used the butterfly from another collection. I intend to share another card with you in the same collection next time. Please call in again to see what I have made.
Thanks for calling in and happy crafting!!
Love
Sharon
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